Versions

Version	Release Date / Notes
18.2.0	2022 June
18.1.0	2022 April
18.0	2022 March renderToNodeStream is deprecated renderToPipeableStream was added
17.0.2	2021 March
17.0.1	2020 October
17.0	2020 October React.createRoot was added
16.14	2020 September
16.13	2020 February
16.8	2019 February Functional Components are possible (using useState) Hooks were added Classes are no longer necessary
16.3	2018 March React.createRef was added Context was added
16.0	2017 September React Fibre algorithm became the default
15.5	2017 April React.createClass is deprecated and moved to its own package called "create-react-class" React.PropTypes is deprecated and moved to its own package called "prop-types"
15.4	2016 November
15.3	2016 July
15.2	2016 June
15.1	2016 May
15.0	2016 April setState method, getInitialState, getDefaultProps, Lifecycle methods Open sourced
0.13	2015 June Classes were created using ES 2015 built-in class keyword using 'extends React.Component'
	2015 March ES 2015 classes were added to JavaScript
0.3	2013 July Classes were created using React.createClass